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Bases-loaded walk in 10th lifts Nats to fifth straight win

Associated Press

Saturday, August 30, 2008

WASHINGTON -- Elijah Dukes pumped his chest with his right fist and gleefully trotted to first base, happy to prove an old baseball maxim: A walk is as good as a hit. Dukes walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning and the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 9-8 on Saturday night for their season-high fifth straight win. "I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks," Dukes said. "That's my motto: A walk's as good as a hit. And I showed them today. ... You don't always ...

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